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  • Under the Radar

    NILUÜFER YANYA

    Oct 26, 2019 4 minutes
    Words by Conrad Duncan
    Photos by James Loveday

    Nilüfer Yanya thought she would have done her debut album when she was 20. The 23-year-old’s cover of Pixies’ “Hey” in 2016 marked her out as a distinctive voice in London’s underground indie scene, by trading the original’s anxious snarl for a bewitching after-hours vibe. Three EPs followed, each one more critically acclaimed than the last, along with enthusiastic profiles in national papers and a coveted BBC Sound of 2018 nomination. But when it came to making her debut, she almost had to force herself to do it.

    “Anyone can do an album, but I wanted to

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